Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The data were provided by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which tracks government-backed hacking campaign, which warns of a significant increase in the number of the alert compared to the previous year. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2020

The Transparent Tribe cyber-espionage group continues to improve its arsenal while targets Military and Government entities. The Transparent Tribe APT group is carrying out an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at military and diplomatic targets worldwide. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Like NSO Group, QuaDream develops surveillance malware for government and intelligence agencies. QuaDream was founded in 2016 by Ilan Dabelstein, a former Israeli military official, and by two former NSO employees, Guy Geva and Nimrod Reznik. reads the analysis published by citizen L ab. . ” concludes Reuters.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

As first detailed by KrebsOnSecurity in July 2016 , Orcus is the brainchild of John “Armada” Rezvesz , a Toronto resident who until recently maintained and sold the RAT under the company name Orcus Technologies. 2017 analysis of the RAT. I tend to have a violent nature, and have both Martial arts and Military training.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2021

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). But I can confirm that it did indeed drop a shell on my test Exchange 2016 box. Well, I'll say that the ProxyLogon Exchange CVE-2021-26855 Exploit is completely out of the bag by now.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The Sofacy APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. “Analysis into the two binaries shows that they are in fact a Delphi (initially UPX.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

The GCHQ developed emulators for Enigma, Typex and the Bombe that could be executed in the CyberChef , The Enigma machines were used by the German military to protect communications during the Second World War. In 1939, just before Germany was invading Poland, the British government received an Enigma machine from Polish code breakers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

The cyber mercenaries were recruited by governments and private companies, it was composed of highly skilled hackers able to conduct sophisticated attacks. Military contractors, shipbuilders, satellite operators, high-tech companies ) in Japan and South Korea.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

The APT group was discovered by Microsoft in 2016, it targeted organizations in South and Southeast. According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Fancy Bear APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” reads the analysis published by ESET.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2018

It was a long weekend for the researchers from the Z-Lab at CSE Cybsec that completed the analysis a number of payloads being part of a new cyber espionage campaign conducted by the Russian APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sednit , Sofacy, and Strontium ). Update July 27, 2018 – 21:00 CET Time.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Security researchers from ESET have discovered a new piece of a sophisticated malware used by the Russia-linked Sednit group (aka Fancy Bear , APT28 , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and STRONTIUM ) in targeted attacks aimed at government entities in the Balkans as well as in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

In May 2016, researchers from Palo Alto found evidence that the threat actors behind the Operation Ke3chang had been active since at least 2010. The cyber-espionage group is believed to be operating out of China, it also targeted military and oil industry entities, government contractors and European diplomatic missions and organizations.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016. Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky Lab. ” continues the analysis. ” continues the analysis.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

This was cemented in the 2016 DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge (more on this later). Myth #2: Government Bureaucracy Stifles Innovation. DARPA is responsible for the development of emerging military technologies. DARPA’s influence transcends military use cases. DARPA’s influence transcends military use cases.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

This was cemented in the 2016 DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge (more on this later). Myth #2: Government Bureaucracy Stifles Innovation. DARPA is responsible for the development of emerging military technologies. DARPA’s influence transcends military use cases. DARPA’s influence transcends military use cases.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Sofacy APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” reads the analysis published by Palo alto Networks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

Malware researchers from ESET have conducted a new analysis of a backdoor used by the Russia-linked APT Turla in targeted espionage operations. The new analysis revealed a list of high-profile victims that was previously unknown. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. ” reads the analysis published by ESET.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Operation Transparent Tribe was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of espionages operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. So, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab team decided to dive deep into technical analysis. Technical Analysis.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

The APT group was discovered by Microsoft in 2016, it targeted organizations in South and Southeast. According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 20, 2018

In the wake of the 2016 Presidential election, studying social media activity has gone from a niche obsession for a few social scientists to something akin to a national security priority. Dave recently completed an analysis of Twitter bot data. Also: hacking critical infrastructure isn’t just for nation states anymore.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Forensic Analysis. Only 38% of state and local government employees are trained for ransomware prevention, and only 29% of small businesses have experience with ransomware ( IBM ). In 2019, the municipal government of New Orleans was forced to declare a state of emergency and paid over $7 million. Statistics. Ransomware Types.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

According to the firm, the US cyber spies are targeting various industry sectors and government agencies. The Qihoo 360 experts claim that a CIA hacking unit tracked as APT-C-39 has hacked organizations in the aviation, scientific research, oil, technology industries, it also targeted government agencies.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 12, 2020

In 2016, Mayhem -- then still a research prototype -- showed that fully autonomous cybersecurity was possible. As a young professor, I spent 4 weeks every summer visiting these sites as part of the (unremarkably named) Computer Science Study Group , a research program run by DARPA and the Institute for Defense Analysis. Our Technology.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 12, 2020

In 2016, Mayhem -- then still a research prototype -- showed that fully autonomous cybersecurity was possible. As a young professor, I spent 4 weeks every summer visiting these sites as part of the (unremarkably named) Computer Science Study Group , a research program run by DARPA and the Institute for Defense Analysis. Our Technology.

Marketing 52

Marketing Cybersecurity Computer and Electronics e-Discovery 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 12, 2020

In 2016, Mayhem -- then still a research prototype -- showed that fully autonomous cybersecurity was possible. As a young professor, I spent 4 weeks every summer visiting these sites as part of the (unremarkably named) Computer Science Study Group , a research program run by DARPA and the Institute for Defense Analysis. Our Technology.

Marketing 52

Marketing Cybersecurity Computer and Electronics e-Discovery 52

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Increasingly, thought leaders, professional organizations, and government agencies are beginning to provide answers. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. Creating an Enterprise-Wide Governance Structure. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2023

Poland’s Military Counterintelligence Service and its Computer Emergency Response Team linked a recent string of attacks targeting NATO and European Union countries to the Russia-linked APT29 group (aka SVR group , Cozy Bear , Nobelium , and The Dukes ). The Military Counterintelligence Service and CERT.PL

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

Vamosi: With the Colonial Pipeline criminal attack, we’ve seen that ransomware is an urgent national security risk that threatens schools, hospitals, businesses, and governments across the globe. It's tasked with protecting these 17 critical infrastructure areas from span everything from health care to electricity to dams and military.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

Vamosi: With the Colonial Pipeline criminal attack, we’ve seen that ransomware is an urgent national security risk that threatens schools, hospitals, businesses, and governments across the globe. It's tasked with protecting these 17 critical infrastructure areas from span everything from health care to electricity to dams and military.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

SolarWinds has removed its customer list from its website, but the Internet Archive saved it : all five branches of the US military, the state department, the White House, the NSA, 425 of the Fortune 500 companies, all five of the top five accounting firms, and hundreds of universities and colleges. They’ll just hope for the best.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

Technical Analysis. This Office password protection could be easily bypassed using the classic malware analysis tools and after the code extraction, it’s possible to analyze the plain-text code as follows. Further detail about AMSI have been described in a previous analysis report. Figure 1: Overview of the malicious document.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2024

This tends to diffuse sober analysis of the countless examples of Russia, in particular, weaponizing social media to spread falsehoods, interfere in elections, target infrastructure and even radicalize youth. Empowering citizens is all fine and well, but it is also true that the fundamental role of government is to keep the citizenry safe.

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